Abkhaz proverbs «It could happen like this”.
· With my luck, if I became an undertaker, people would stop dying.
· If they can’t see to the bottom of muddy water, people say that it is bottomless.
· When the basket began to burn, the handle laughed.
· The husband was being taken to prison, and the wife showed him the material for her new dress.
· The toothless old man was given nuts as a treat.
· Due to the lack of a dog, a wolf was taken on a hunting trip.
· Someone who thirsts for fights will always manage to get a stick in his hands.
. We think we can’t do without teeth, but as soon as they start to hurt, we pull them out and throw them away.
· A log fell but the bear did not roar, a mountain fell but the bear did not roar, but a leaf fell and the bear began to roar.
· When a beggar was given a horse he refused it, saying that he did not have a saddle.
· When there is not enough hay, even the calf is considered greedy.
· Someone hung from a bridge shouted that he couldn’t swim.
· The bear was still in the wood when its skin was sold.
· When a mouse fell ill, a cat was called to treat it.
· The rich man, having lost everything, remembers the poor man.
